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Philippine authorities have arrested and are preparing to deport two American brothers accused of having ties to terrorist organizations for violating the country's immigration laws.
James Stubbs Jr., 56, and Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, were arrested December 13 in Tanza, south of Manila, in a joint operation by the Philippine Navy, Philippine Marine Corps and the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation.
Officials said James, a teacher from California who is married to a Filipino, was a Muslim convert who also uses the name Jamil Daud Mujahib.
The men are charged with violating the Philippine immigration act.
In classifying the men as "undesirable aliens, the Bureau of Immigration cited intelligence reports that the brothers were 'seen meeting with known leaders of various terrorist cells in the country with links to the al Qaeda,'" Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo told a news conference on Tuesday.
Navy Chief Vice Admiral Ernesto De Leon said intelligence gathered indicated that "Mujahid and Stubbs were suspected of having been involved in the elaborate financial network of the al Qaeda terrorist networks and its counterpart in the country, notably the Abu Sayaff group and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front."
He said they are alleged to have meet with leaders of charity organizations used as fronts for al Qaeda.
Mujahid had lived in the country since February, officials said. They described the younger Stubbs as a recently retired air-conditioning technician who had worked for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Livermore, operated by the University of California, is one of the major labs in the United States dealing with nuclear weapons development and also does sensitive work in biomedicine, energy and environmental science.
They were paraded before reporters as Domingo spoke leading to fierce protest from James.
"I am an American citizen," he shouted. "Nobody's telling me anything. They're just saying we're undesirables," he said after armed guards brought in the brothers in handcuffs and yellow T-shirts emblazoned with "detainee", Reuters news agency reported.
"I don't know Muslims anywhere but in America. My brother is not even Muslim, he's a Christian," he told reporters.
Domingo later clarified that the two were suspected of plotting against the government of the United States, not the Philippines, Reuters reported.
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James Stubbs Jr., 56, and Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, were arrested December 13 in Tanza, south of Manila, in a joint operation by the Philippine Navy, Philippine Marine Corps and the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation.
Officials said James, a teacher from California who is married to a Filipino, was a Muslim convert who also uses the name Jamil Daud Mujahib.
The men are charged with violating the Philippine immigration act.
In classifying the men as "undesirable aliens, the Bureau of Immigration cited intelligence reports that the brothers were 'seen meeting with known leaders of various terrorist cells in the country with links to the al Qaeda,'" Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo told a news conference on Tuesday.
Navy Chief Vice Admiral Ernesto De Leon said intelligence gathered indicated that "Mujahid and Stubbs were suspected of having been involved in the elaborate financial network of the al Qaeda terrorist networks and its counterpart in the country, notably the Abu Sayaff group and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front."
He said they are alleged to have meet with leaders of charity organizations used as fronts for al Qaeda.
Mujahid had lived in the country since February, officials said. They described the younger Stubbs as a recently retired air-conditioning technician who had worked for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Livermore, operated by the University of California, is one of the major labs in the United States dealing with nuclear weapons development and also does sensitive work in biomedicine, energy and environmental science.
They were paraded before reporters as Domingo spoke leading to fierce protest from James.
"I am an American citizen," he shouted. "Nobody's telling me anything. They're just saying we're undesirables," he said after armed guards brought in the brothers in handcuffs and yellow T-shirts emblazoned with "detainee", Reuters news agency reported.
"I don't know Muslims anywhere but in America. My brother is not even Muslim, he's a Christian," he told reporters.
Domingo later clarified that the two were suspected of plotting against the government of the United States, not the Philippines, Reuters reported.
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